Auburn and Notre Dame have agreed to a home-and-home in 2027 and 2028.

The 2027 game is at ND and the 2028 game is at Auburn.

The schools have never played in football.

I had heard rumors of this series months ago. Glad that they could work this out.

Notre Dame is scheduled to play Clemson, Miami, Arkansas, Texas, Auburn in 2028, and USC if they are still interested in that.

(11-05-2025 03:21 PM)TerryD Wrote:  Auburn and Notre Dame have agreed to a home-and-home in 2027 and 2028.

The 2027 game is at ND and the 2028 game is at Auburn.

The schools have never played in football.

I had heard rumors of this series months ago. Glad that they could work this out.

Good series, we need to continue our Southeren scheduling. Keep adding them.

(11-05-2025 03:32 PM)domer1978 Wrote:  

(11-05-2025 03:21 PM)TerryD Wrote:  Auburn and Notre Dame have agreed to a home-and-home in 2027 and 2028.

The 2027 game is at ND and the 2028 game is at Auburn.

The schools have never played in football.

I had heard rumors of this series months ago. Glad that they could work this out.

Good series, we need to continue our Southeren scheduling. Keep adding them.

ND has become very comfortable with scheduling SEC teams.

I'm glad the PSU series didn't scare Auburn off from top tier scheduling. Should be a good set of games.

This is very good news. Helps beef our schedule up even more.

(11-05-2025 03:26 PM)TerryD Wrote:  Notre Dame is scheduled to play Clemson, Miami, Arkansas, Texas, Auburn in 2028, and USC if they are still interested in that.

I wouldn't be surprised if this is in response to a yet-to-be-announced hiatus from the USC series. To be fair, ND gets better ratings vs SEC teams than they do against USC, and the SEC teams tend to put up more of a fight, too.

(11-05-2025 04:10 PM)bryanw1995 Wrote:  

(11-05-2025 03:26 PM)TerryD Wrote:  Notre Dame is scheduled to play Clemson, Miami, Arkansas, Texas, Auburn in 2028, and USC if they are still interested in that.

I wouldn't be surprised if this is in response to a yet-to-be-announced hiatus from the USC series. To be fair, ND gets better ratings vs SEC teams than they do against USC, and the SEC teams tend to put up more of a fight, too.

I like the SEC games better... I want to see us pivot to scheduling 3 or more SEC teams a year. Hell, ND and the SEC are pretty damn friendly together it makes sense.

The 2028 game at Auburn is scheduled for October 28th.......

ND is interested in first time opponents and SEC opponents.

This series checks both boxes.

They also are playng later in the year, not the first three weeks in September.

Later in the year you say??

(11-05-2025 04:18 PM)domer1978 Wrote:  

(11-05-2025 04:10 PM)bryanw1995 Wrote:  

(11-05-2025 03:26 PM)TerryD Wrote:  Notre Dame is scheduled to play Clemson, Miami, Arkansas, Texas, Auburn in 2028, and USC if they are still interested in that.

I wouldn't be surprised if this is in response to a yet-to-be-announced hiatus from the USC series. To be fair, ND gets better ratings vs SEC teams than they do against USC, and the SEC teams tend to put up more of a fight, too.

I like the SEC games better... I want to see us pivot to scheduling 3 or more SEC teams a year. Hell, ND and the SEC are pretty damn friendly together it makes sense.

I wouldn't be opposed to playing another series with you guys, our 2 games these past couple years have been intense. But there are lots of SEC schools to go around, and I still hold out hope that you guys and USC will figure out a way to keep that series going. I've been there when we walked away from a 118 game series, or rather Deloss Dodds refused to schedule us b/c we killed his Pac dreams...the only thing worse than playing your biggest rival and stressing about it for 365 days a year is waiting 10+ years and wondering if you'll ever play each other again.

A sampling of opponents on Notre Dame football schedules in the next 10 years:

Wisconsin
Florida State
Miami
Auburn
Clemson
Texas
Arkansas
Alabama
Florida
Michigan

(11-05-2025 04:39 PM)TerryD Wrote:  A sampling of opponents on Notre Dame football schedules in the next 10 years:

Wisconsin
Florida State
Miami
Auburn
Clemson
Texas
Arkansas
Alabama
Florida
Michigan

They need to schedule Tennessee again. They haven't played them in 20 years.

(11-05-2025 04:29 PM)solohawks Wrote:  Later in the year you say??

October 28th is later than the first week or so in September.

And here I thought that USC and Lincoln Riley said that was impossible.

(11-05-2025 04:40 PM)andybible1995 Wrote:  

(11-05-2025 04:39 PM)TerryD Wrote:  A sampling of opponents on Notre Dame football schedules in the next 10 years:

Wisconsin
Florida State
Miami
Auburn
Clemson
Texas
Arkansas
Alabama
Florida
Michigan

They need to schedule Tennessee again. They haven't played them in 20 years.

I think that ND fans would think that is a good idea.

The above list puts a big dent in the "ND has scheduling difficulties as an independent" idea.

(11-05-2025 04:48 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(11-05-2025 04:29 PM)solohawks Wrote:  Later in the year you say??

October 28th is later than the first week or so in September.

And here I thought that USC and Lincoln Riley said that was impossible.

"INCONCEIVABLE"

(11-05-2025 03:21 PM)TerryD Wrote:  Auburn and Notre Dame have agreed to a home-and-home in 2027 and 2028.

The 2027 game is at ND and the 2028 game is at Auburn.

The schools have never played in football.

I had heard rumors of this series months ago. Glad that they could work this out.

Of course because Auburn is awful now. But the name recognition and the "big win" will get them into the CFP. No chance this would have been scheduled in 2010 and 2011.

(11-05-2025 04:40 PM)andybible1995 Wrote:  

(11-05-2025 04:39 PM)TerryD Wrote:  A sampling of opponents on Notre Dame football schedules in the next 10 years:

Wisconsin
Florida State
Miami
Auburn
Clemson
Texas
Arkansas
Alabama
Florida
Michigan

They need to schedule Tennessee again. They haven't played them in 20 years.

Cant do it, they are decent again. Hence the Auburn selection.

(11-05-2025 04:39 PM)TerryD Wrote:  A sampling of opponents on Notre Dame football schedules in the next 10 years:

Wisconsin - terrible/finished
Florida State - shell of former self
Miami - no one knows year to year
Auburn - awful now
Clemson - suddenly awful
Texas - good on paper, struggles every game
Arkansas - never good
Alabama - valid opponent but that'll be their down year
Florida - shell of former self
Michigan - who knows, more respect if this game was scheduled in 2021-2023

Gaming the system again.

(11-05-2025 04:39 PM)TerryD Wrote:  A sampling of opponents on Notre Dame football schedules in the next 10 years:

Wisconsin - terrible/finished
Florida State - shell of former self
Miami - no one knows year to year
Auburn - awful now
Clemson - suddenly awful
Texas - good on paper, struggles every game
Arkansas - never good
Alabama - valid opponent but that'll be their down year
Florida - shell of former self
Michigan - who knows, more respect if this game was scheduled in 2021-2023.

Gaming the system again. All subterfuge.